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The goal of a Backgammon game is to move your checkers around the Backgammon board and get those pieces from the game board faster than your opposing player who works harder to do the same buthowever they move in the opposing direction. Winning a match of Backgammon needsrequires both tactics and fortune. Just how far you will be able to shift your chips is left to the numbers from tossing the dice, and the way you shift your pieces are determined by your overall playing plans. Players use different tactics in the different parts of a game depending on your positions and opponent’s.

The Running Game Tactic

The aim of the Running Game technique is to entice all your checkers into your inner board and get them off as fast as you can. This strategy concentrates on the pace of advancing your pieces with no time spent to hit or stop your competitor’s chips. The best time to use this tactic is when you think you can move your own chips faster than the opposing player does: when 1) you have less pieces on the board; 2) all your checkers have past your competitor’s pieces; or 3) the opponent doesn’t use the hitting or blocking tactic.

The Blocking Game Strategy

The primary goal of the blocking tactic, by its name, is to block your competitor’s chips, temporarily, while not worrying about shifting your pieces rapidly. Once you’ve created the blockage for the opponent’s movement with a couple of checkers, you can shift your other pieces rapidly from the board. You should also have a clear strategy when to back off and move the pieces that you used for blocking. The game gets intriguing when the opposition uses the same blocking technique.